This one day interactive session is intended for staff who engage with families and whanau who may be experiencing family violence and associated family harm. Various aspects of family violence will be introduced with a primary focus on intimate partner violence (IPV). While the session serves as an ‘introduction’, feedback from experienced staff attending has been they still found the session useful to refresh and update their existing knowledge.
By the end of the presentation participants will be able to:
The presenter
Rob has worked in the family violence sector for over 30 years. His work in this area was recognised in the New Year Honours list in 2006. He shares his extensive experience from Police, an inaugural member of the New Zealand Family Violence Death Review Committee, international experience with NZAID and health experience through his role as the Violence Intervention Programme Coordinator for CCDHB.
Rob has developed and delivered training to many groups throughout New Zealand and the Pacific on a range of family violence-related topics
Visit Rob’s website here.
IMPORTANT: Please note that if you have been exposed to family violence or have lived experience this training may trigger memories. Please consider booking in supervision post training in order to assist in keeping your self-care a priority. Alternatively, you can engage the services of EAP.